This Week in Imports

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Last Ranker, Fire Emblem, Hello Kitty and big headed baseball in the same week? There has to be a law against that, and if not we propose one.

By Anoop Gantayat

Last week's Japanese import release calendar was relatively light on new releases, but still managed such big titles as White Knight Chronicles 2 and Wii Party. This week, things are heating up for all platforms.

Sony's trio of platforms have what may end up being the biggest overall release for the week: Powerful Pro Baseball 2010. This latest entry in Konami's big-headed baseball series hits PSP and PS3, the latter for the first time. Famitsu scored the PS3 version an impressive two 10s and two 9s.

PSP players have some major releases to look forward to outside of baseball. Capcom will be releasing its Image Epoch (Etrian Odyssey) tie-up RPG Last Ranker. Namco Bandai has its four player team-based Naruto game, Naruto Kizuna Drive Portable. Of course, everyone will agree that the biggest game of all comes from Dorasu in Hello Kitty Block Crush 123!!!, a puzzle game that features girls wearing Hello Kitty clothes rather than Hello Kitty characters themselves.

Wii and DS have some major releases this week as well. Dragon Quest Monsters Battle Victory Road hits Wii this week from Square Enix. This latest DQ game is a port of an arcade card game -- hopefully something to hold us over until Dragon Quest X (which is still on the way for Wii). On DS, Nintendo is delivering Fire Emblem New Mystery of the Emblem -- Hero of Light and Shadow, a remake of the first Super Nintendo Fire Emblem game. Nintendo has added an avatar system to the game, allowing you to adventure as your very own character creation. Also for the first time in a Fire Emblem game, you'll be able to set the difficulty so that your party members won't permanently die if they're offed in battle.

Here's a full list of Japanese releases for the week. Remember, to import these you'll need to make sure that your system is capable of playing imports. Check with your import source first if you're not sure.

NINTENDO DS

Fire Emblem New Mystery of the Emblem -- Hero of Light and Shadow (Nintendo)